ved to play a major role in the transfer of pollen over long distances. Brassaca rapa¡¯s easy pollination and quick growth rate, made this plant an excellent subject for my experiment in artificial selection.
             With the help of my group members, a plant breeding experiment in an attempt to artificially select for a particular variable trait in a lineage of rapid-cycling Brassica rapa was designed. After choosing a longer petial stem to leaf length on the first true leaf as a desired phenotypic trait of Brassica rapa (Wisconsin Fast Plants
             •â) and creating an artificial selection experiment, I hypothesized that the petial length would in fact increase in comparison to the parent generation after two selection processes.
             The importance of this experiment can lead to well defined data on the growth rate and variability of B. rapa. The more data collected on B. rapa also leads to a better understanding of its potential as a food crop. Also, B. rapa can be used in the use of conducting experiments on environmental health, and overall equilibrium of certain habitats by measuring and monitoring the growth
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